was the PC version of the original Prince of Persia.
I remember one night at my friends house playing it- and dying over and over and over and over. Fast forward 12 years or so, and I find myself playing the same game,
although a different version, playing it on the Super Nintendo Emulator.
In Prince of Persia (the original) the evil Vizier Jaffar (yes, Jaffar) has cast the prince in the dungeon, and given the princess an ultimatum- marry him (Jaffar) in an hour (2 hours in the Super Nintendo version)
or die. The prince must now escape from the dungeon and work his way up the tower to where Jaffar and the princess are, kill Jaffar, and rescue the princess. In order to do this the prince must find a weapon, fight guards, dodge traps, and generally cheat death time and time again. All this within the hour (or two).
the Super Nintendo (SNES) version of the game has about twice as many levels, and gives you 2 hours instead of 1 hour to finish the game. Thus, the player must complete the game within the time limit, or get a bad ending. Perhaps because of the time limit, Prince of Persia gives you infinite lives. If you die however, you go back to the beginning of the level, and the timer goes right on ticking.
There is no way I know of to get a game over, aside from time running out,
(and even then I believe it still lets you finish) or the player getting bored and shutting off the machine.
The game however, is hard as heck, and you have to earn every inch of progress you make.
Overall the SNES remake of the original Prince of Persia is an excellent game,
but those without patience- Beware!
It took a LOT of practice just to get marginally good at this first of 20 levels!
